Archive for January, 2016
Migration key issue for Cayman’s future
(CNS): Two local government officials attended the United Nations Regional Consultative Process on Migration in Belize last week in the first of what is expected to be a collaborative process in the Caribbean to deal with the issue. Michael Ebanks, assistant chief officer in the home affairs ministry, and Christopher Eakin, policy director at immigration, […]
Commission asks if Cayman needs bullying law
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Law Reform Commission (LRC) is asking the public to weigh in on a discussion paper about the need for new laws or policies to deal with the growing problem of bullying and cyber bullying. The paper raises a number of talking points about this global issue, which has a particularly negative […]
Sea claims life of second tourist this month
(CNS): A 54-year-old man visiting the Cayman Islands died Tuesday afternoon following a dive off North West Point in West Bay, police have confirmed. Michael D. English from Colorado Springs, Colorado, in the US is the second tourist to die in the water so far this year after a visitor died last week after snorkelling at Cemetery Beach, […]
Plans revealed for runway extension
(CNS): The tourism minister has revealed plans to begin extending the runway at Owen Roberts International Airport in incremental steps. Speaking to the media on Wednesday, Moses Kirkconnell said ministry officials were putting together a request for proposals for an engineering study on the costs and challenges presented by extending the runway at Grand Cayman’s […]
Home invaders tied up victims
(CNS): Three armed and masked men tied up a man and a woman during a violent burglary in the early hours of Wednesday morning at a home in Bodden Town, police have said. The couple, who both received minor injuries, said that the men entered their home armed with knives, bound them and then made off with stolen jewellery […]
Cayman heats up in line with global trend
(CNS): The average global land surface temperature was 0.9°C (1.62°F) above the 20th century historical average in 2015, knocking 2014 off the top of the annual temperature charts, which was in comparison just 0.74°C (1.33°F) above average. The Cayman Islands also endured a steamy year, with local weather experts confirming that the average temperature here […]
Evidence ends in Watson case
(CNS): After almost two months in the courtroom listening to the CarePay corruption case, the jury has now heard all the live evidence that will be presented by both the crown and the defence. Canover Watson called just one witness Tuesday on his own behalf. This was to support his claim that he had received […]
Ex-Chamber boss accuses PPM of vote buying
(CNS): The former president of the Chamber of Commerce has accused the government of hypocrisy and vote buying over the Christmas clean-up and the emergence of cash for the Ready2Work programme. Johann Moxam said he hoped that after waking up to the problem almost three years into their term in office, the unemployment initiative will […]
No need for an early general election
George R. Ebanks writes: Once again we are faced with an elected government which, through perhaps lack of clear leadership or no fault of their own, now find themselves in a true coalition-type governance model. Should one listen to the recent utterances from the leader of the country, Premier Alden McLaughlin, the incumbent government sounds surprised, […]
Golf course developers to use waste tyres
(CNS Business): Developers of a proposed golf resort in the Frank Sound area have struck a deal with a waste company to use the recycled shredded tyres from the George Town dump as fill for an Arnold Palmer 18-hole golf course. Officials from the Ironwood project said they have signed an agreement with a company that […]
Farmers lauded against backdrop of food insecurity
(CNS): As local supermarkets issued warnings over the difficulties sourcing fresh produce because of unseasonable weather in the US and Mexico, the importance of agriculture in the Cayman Islands was brought into sharp focus Monday. Farmers were the subject of this year’s National Heroes Day celebrations and the increasing reliance on the local food supply was […]
